Kit series
Version1MtVernonCover+INFO
Dimensions
14" x 4" x 2"
Manufacturer
Picture Craft
Manufacturer address
790 N. Water St. and PO Box 695 , Decatur , Illinois
Kit Contents
one 12x16 canvas , up to 30 oil paints
Notes
Earliest Version of Cover , catalog in kit , general instructions inside cover of kit , specific instructions on canvas borders , no date on kit or canvas
Version2aSpringFlowerMiniaturesT-6Cover+INFO
Dimensions
14" x 4" x 2"
Manufacturer
PictureCraft
Manufacturer address
790 N. Water St. Decatur , Illinois
Date
1948
Kit Contents
one 12x16 canvas, up to 31 oil paints
Notes
2nd Version of kit , catalog and promotional forms in kit , copyrights on canvases starting in 1948
Version3EcoleDeBalletCover
Dimensions
14" x 4" x 2"
Manufacturer
Picture Craft Picturecraft
Manufacturer address
Decatur , Illinois
Date
1953
Kit Contents
One 12" x 16" canvas, canvas may be designed to be cut into 2 or 4 smaller canvases , up to 34 oil paints
Notes
some Version 3 kits have copyright 1953 on inside kit cover , others have no copyright on kit , canvases in kit have different copyrights
VersionBlueRibbonBowlOfRosesRO-1Cover
Manufacturer
PictureCraft
Manufacturer address
Box 1256 , 2220 East Logan Street , Decatur , Illinois
Kit Contents
one 12x16 canvas , up to 32 oil paints
Notes
Blue Ribbon version of kit , no date on kit , address on reply card , one 12x16 canvas , up to 32 oil paints
cVersionBlueRibbonBowlOfRosesRO1Kitontents1957
Notes
Bowl Of Roses , RO-1 , in Blue Ribbon Version , copyright February1 , 1957 on canvas , no anniversary motto , 31 oil paints
Version1xLeoTheLaughingLionV1952Cover/Paints
Date
1952
Notes
Leo the Laughing Lion , Series V , in Earliest Version but as many as 32 possible paints , copyright 1952 on canvas 17 oil paints , no Anniversary motto
Version2aSpringFlowerMiniaturesT-6KitContents/InsideCover1953
Notes
Spring Flowers Miniatures , T-6 , 2nd Version inside cover , copyright 1953 on canvas , 27 oil paints , 15th anniversary on canvas
Version2EcoleDeBalletT-49in2ndVersionKit1953
Notes
Ecole de Ballet , T-49 , in 2nd Version kit , anniversary motto and copyright 1953 on canvas , 29 oil paints
Version2QuietWatersA-11Kit1948
Notes
Quiet Waters , A No 11 , in 2nd Version , 24 oil paints , anniversary motto and copyright 1948 on canvas
version3EcoledeBalletKitContents1953
Manufacturer
Picture Craft
Notes
Kit Version3 , Ecole de Ballet T-49 copyright 1953 on canvas, 30 oil paints
version3StagAtEve1954
Notes
Kit Version 3 , Stag At Eve JG6 copyright 1954 on canvas , 31 oil paints
Version3TBirdsOfParadiseNodate
Notes
Version3 Birds Of Paradise E15 no copyright on canvas , 25 oil paints